This is how I make custom shelves.....a high speed video (not a how to)

The customer wanted a set of shelves that could come apart and be wheeled off the gallery floor for art openings. I designed the shelf brackets in a CAD program and had them cut with a waterjet. Then the rest of the process is showm in the vid. Alot of bandsaw and sanding. At the end I had about 18 hours into the 2 sets (or 4 shelves)

The brackets were rough sawn Ash, the shelves and backing as ply, and all of the edges were tiger maple.

Very nice shelves, great design. I like the look of the shelf supports, definitely fit the application in an art store. Question: I’m confused about the “come apart” description. Where do these Coe apart?, all looked permanently assembled in the video. Thanks for the video, very interesting.

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very cool shelf and design and video – now – go read your table saw manual. you gave me the willies. strange how you used a push stick for the router table yet straddled your index and middle finger over the table saw blade while making a rip at about 1 inch…

Oldtool- the shelves nest into each other (each one unit separates into 2 halves with flat backs) they are held together with dowels that have threaded ends…..I need to just get a pic. Or point out a time in the vid of where they nest.

Ken- I don’t feel safe using a push stick on the saw. I keep the fence low and have…...control. the high speed vid just makes it look sketchy.

OK. It is at the 3:20 point in the video where you can see how they nest. The main side has the dowel details holding the edging on, while the nest side fits into the recess and is held in with removable dowels. (With threaded inserts done on lathe. I made a “t” handle tool for removing the dowels from the shelf)